Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC) has tendered construction of the back-of-house infrastructure for the world's first Dragon Ball Z theme park in Saudi Arabia, with bids due on September 13, Emerging Travel reported.

The scope points to an early stage of works, covering plant rooms, facilities management buildings, workshops, storage warehouses, central kitchens, a monorail depot, a fire station, parking and utilities, the infrastructure that precedes ride installation. QIC has announced no opening date, marking the Dragon Ball park as a late-decade addition to a giga-project whose first gate attractions are already trading.

The park will cover more than 500,000 square metres across seven themed zones, including Kame House, Capsule Corporation and Beerus' Planet, with more than 30 rides and experiences. Five signature attractions will sit around a 70-metre Shenron, the dragon central to the series, which will house a large rollercoaster. Themed hotels are included in the development.

QIC licensed the franchise from Japan's Toei Animation under an agreement signed in 2024 and formally launched the park that March. Orlando-based Falcon's Creative Group was appointed masterplan designer the same year. Site grading and enabling works were completed last year.

The wider development is now partly operational. Six Flags Qiddiya City opened at the end of December 2025 with 28 rides across six themed lands, including Falcon's Flight, and was the first Six Flags park designed and built outside North America. Aquarabia followed in March, with 22 rides across eight zones on a 250,000 square metre site. Six Flags Entertainment operates both.

Qiddiya City covers 360 square kilometres south west of Riyadh. Projections put visitor numbers at up to 17mn a year and employment at around 325,000 once the full development is operating.

The remaining pipeline includes a Formula One circuit targeting a 2027 debut, Prince Mohammed bin Salman Stadium for the 2034 World Cup, a horse racing venue awarded at $1.1bn, an e-games arena, a performing arts centre, Speed Park and the National Tennis Centre.

Qiddiya is a Public Investment Fund giga-project and a component of Vision 2030, the drive to diversify the Saudi economy through tourism, sport and entertainment. Around two thirds of Saudi nationals are under 35.